Talent crunch

Companies must find ways to retain mid-level talent rather than search for new employees in a fiercely competitive Job market.

Heading home for work

Winning the talent wars

Finding the right fit for growth

Soft assets pave the way for big dividends

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Regulator clamps down on rule abuse

Investing too much in myths about economic growth

Levels of investment have taken center stage in discussions over China's economy, with some commentators suggesting they are extravagant and ineffective.

What to do as the alarm bell rings

Magnetism still there, despite investment falls

Washington's perilous power play

How Chinese companies can feed the world

Cloud pleaser

Cloud computing is spreading across the world, overshadowing other information technologies. But in China it is destined to take a different form.

Getting up close and personal with data

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Park super server

High ambitions

Open-door policy

He who dares, wines

Wahaha eyes snacks business

Fireworks a family affair

The e-commerce war of attrition

Bitten by the baijiu bug

Seeing to believe

The first thing you notice about the Beijing house of American designer Ken Jenkins has nothing to do with his country. Instead, it is an imposing scroll painting on the main wall depicting the Buddha in various postures, complex Buddhist symbols and grand Tibetan buildings. "I like collecting these kinds of paintings, or Thangka," he says. "Thangka is from the Tibetan language. These are magnificent works of art painted or embroidered on cloth, silk or paper. They are unique items of Tibetan culture."

The baijiu diaries

Silver escapades

Amid arid expanses of loess and desert, to the east of Helan Mountain and west of the Yellow River, lies the city of Yinchuan. With a name that literally means "silver river", the capital of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region is an oasis protected by the river and mountain range to enjoy a vibrant culture supported in part by ample agriculture.

Unconventional spirituality

Tenzin Dorje's iPad skin is red, the same color as his chougu or traditional Buddhist garb. His tablet contains Buddhist music, hip-hop and other English-language songs. Dorje is better known in Lhasa as the Sixth Balok Rinpoche.

Understanding talent

Familiar footprints

Under the looking glass

Steve Tappin has been looking at Chinese bosses under a microscope for more than four years, and he likes what he sees.

Tasty history hot pot

A civilizing process under way for some 7,000 years, cooking and eating in China is not limited to a simple chronicle of daily behavior supported by a set of objects. In addition to the mirror of time there appears an impressive chain of discoveries, implications and investigations.

Conferences & Meetings

Diplomatic Pouch: With Mike Peters

Ignoring China not an option

Leading international management consultant Sander van't Noordende says China is not an easy place to do business but it is just "too big to ignore".